Corning stabbing victim says wounds accidental

RED BLUFF — Entry of plea for Mary Lee O'Connor, who appeared Tuesday on the charge of attempted murder, has been delayed after Tuesday's hearing, during which attorney Ken Miller requested criminal charges be suspended pending an evaluation for mental competency.

O'Connor, 55, of Corning, was arrested early Jan. 27 in the 23000 block of McLane Avenue, after reportedly stabbing her husband, Patrick O'Connor, 46, several times during a fight over a cat, according to a Tehama County Sheriff's Department press release.

She didn't do it on purpose, Patrick O'Connor said.

He and his wife were in an argument while his wife was doing the dishes and during the argument she turned around, poking him in the arm with something she was washing due to his close proximity, O'Connor said.

(After being poked) "I fell and she fell on me, which is how I was nicked in the neck," O'Connor said.